On a walk with garden staff members today we spotted the first snowdrop (or the last, depending on how you define it). This snowdrop variety, Galanthus ‘Potter’s Prelude’, is the earliest of the minor bulbs to flower in the Winterthur garden.
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 1 week ago
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Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 3, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 04:40:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 34.4 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.4 deg. F Wind Speed: 2.3 mph Wind Direction: 274.4 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.7 mph at 9:37 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 69 % Wind Chill: 34.4 deg. […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 3, 2012
There was an article in this week’s Wall Street Journal about Galanthus Mania – & Mrs Elise du Pont was quoted in it. I’m having a hard time finding sources for unusual galanthus – can you help?
One nursery that specializes in rare snowdrops is Temple Nursery. Their address is P.O. Box 591,
Trumansburg, New York 14886.